got married last year and instead of the traditionel weddingdance song kind of thing we do here in Denmark, one of my friends played Yellow Ledbetter/ Little Wings because me and my wife both loved that combination from PJs concert i Vienna 06 and it was during that tour ( 3 shows Praque, Berlin and Vienna ) that I realized that my girlfriend was so cool and she loved PJ as well..... so I popped the big question....
Burn my eyes and try to blind me
Bury me so they won't find me
Try to suck my power empty
Got no crown of thorns on me
"Fools Rush In" cover from vegas. My sister is getting married in three weeks, and that's the only PJ related song she agreed to play.
My rhymes and records they don't get played
Because my records and rhymes they don't get made
And if you rap like me you don't get paid
And if you roll like me you don't get laid.
"Fools Rush In" cover from vegas. My sister is getting married in three weeks, and that's the only PJ related song she agreed to play.
Using this October 25th at my wedding as our first dance song! Only PJ I could get!
Another non PJ song we are surly going to dance to is "The Luckiest" - Ben Folds... If you haven't heard it take a listen... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JWX11AMBEc
Song starts at 2:25
I don't get many things right the first time
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls
Brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face?
Now I see it everyday
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
What if I'd been born fifty years before you
In a house on a street where you lived?
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike
Would I know?
And in a white sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you
Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away
I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong
That I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
The old man part gets me every time I listen to that song.
I know its not PJ, but we used 'Throw your arms around me' sung by Eddie at our wedding. We played at the end of the night as we exited the room.
My wife and I played that at our recepetion too. Also Thin Air. We made a cd of our favorite songs to give the guests and both were on it. My Wife by The Who closed the cd. My nephew played his guitar for us when we walked the aisle. I couldn't think of any PJ so he played What A Wonderful World for my wife and Pinball Wizard for me.
I can't believe nobody mentioned Parachutes. I would have used that if it was out when I got married. We started the dance floor with Release, played Throw Your Arms Around Me as a slow song and ended with Ledbetter. I am also a DJ at weddings and when brides request jazz for the cocktail hour, damn right I play Harrybu McCage.. lol.
I'm getting married in 4 weeks time in Cyprus which is going to be a small but lovely civil ceremony. We're trying to decide on the wedding music at the moment and want to make it personal, so as I love PJ, we thought it would be fitting to try and use a song for when my other half walks "down the isle".
She really loves the song "Black" and it's definately my fav song, but i'm not sure it's appropriate given the meaning. What do you think?
Any other song suggestions?
my advice is to go classy on her walk down the aisle. i used "no surprises" by radiohead, but the christopher o'reilly piano version. I dont think you really want words, do you? take away from her moment. so maybe a re-worked version of a PJ song.
if you are goign to go with an actual tune. Long Road from the fallen heroes soundtrack is a good one. i used that for the music when people were taking their seats.
We've decided on Guaranteed from the Eddie Vedder Into the Wild album. It's just feels like a really appropriate song.
It's going to be played from a cd, not by a band unfortunately.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Congratulations and good choice. Enjoy your night!
Good to hear the others mentioned Throw Your Arms Around Me. It's still one of our fav's. Here's what my wife & I used for our wedding...
Hail, Hail and Given to Fly in Rehersal Dinner video / picture show
Throw Your Arms Around Me was our dance at the reception.
Then, the last song of the night was Untitled / mfc as we ran out to our mini fast car.
I walked down the aisle to "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" from the Smashing Pumpkins. It's the beautiful piano intro from the Mellon Collie album. The title got everyone talking once they saw it on the program.
Our first dance was Eddie's cover of Throw Your Arms Around Me from Boston I believe.
I walked down the aisle to "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" from the Smashing Pumpkins. It's the beautiful piano intro from the Mellon Collie album. The title got everyone talking once they saw it on the program.
Our first dance was Eddie's cover of Throw Your Arms Around Me from Boston I believe.
I love that piano piece... i had the sheet music and I got someone who had never heard it to play it. They just tapped away and i was blown away by it... they had timing out slightly.. but fucking hell
My wife and I played that at our recepetion too. Also Thin Air. We made a cd of our favorite songs to give the guests and both were on it. My Wife by The Who closed the cd. My nephew played his guitar for us when we walked the aisle. I couldn't think of any PJ so he played What A Wonderful World for my wife and Pinball Wizard for me.
What can I say... classy taste!
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Nijmegen - 28.06.2007
New York - 24.06.2008
London - 18.08.2009
London - 25.06.2010
altho might be a bit sappy...
try skipping to Bugs.
Bury me so they won't find me
Try to suck my power empty
Got no crown of thorns on me
Because my records and rhymes they don't get made
And if you rap like me you don't get paid
And if you roll like me you don't get laid.
What a freakishly lovely song...fantastic love song!!
or You're True by Ed
Using this October 25th at my wedding as our first dance song! Only PJ I could get!
Another non PJ song we are surly going to dance to is "The Luckiest" - Ben Folds... If you haven't heard it take a listen...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JWX11AMBEc
Song starts at 2:25
I don't get many things right the first time
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls
Brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face?
Now I see it everyday
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
What if I'd been born fifty years before you
In a house on a street where you lived?
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike
Would I know?
And in a white sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you
Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away
I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong
That I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
The old man part gets me every time I listen to that song.
My wife and I played that at our recepetion too. Also Thin Air. We made a cd of our favorite songs to give the guests and both were on it. My Wife by The Who closed the cd. My nephew played his guitar for us when we walked the aisle. I couldn't think of any PJ so he played What A Wonderful World for my wife and Pinball Wizard for me.
my advice is to go classy on her walk down the aisle. i used "no surprises" by radiohead, but the christopher o'reilly piano version. I dont think you really want words, do you? take away from her moment. so maybe a re-worked version of a PJ song.
if you are goign to go with an actual tune. Long Road from the fallen heroes soundtrack is a good one. i used that for the music when people were taking their seats.
Congratulations and good choice. Enjoy your night!
Good to hear the others mentioned Throw Your Arms Around Me. It's still one of our fav's. Here's what my wife & I used for our wedding...
Hail, Hail and Given to Fly in Rehersal Dinner video / picture show
Throw Your Arms Around Me was our dance at the reception.
Then, the last song of the night was Untitled / mfc as we ran out to our mini fast car.
True Love waits... Radiohead?
Maybe Oceans....
Our first dance was Eddie's cover of Throw Your Arms Around Me from Boston I believe.
Parachutes.
And I'm Veronica Corningstone, Tits McGee is off tonight...
What can I say... classy taste!
Sydney - 11.03.1998
Melbourne - 18.02.2003
Sydney - 07.11.2006
Nijmegen - 28.06.2007
New York - 24.06.2008
London - 18.08.2009
London - 25.06.2010